Academic Advising - First-Year Freshman


For Your Calendar | Information/Resources by Department | First-Year Resources for Success | Useful University Resources

For Your Calendar





Fall 2009 New Student Calendar (pdf) - For new students highlighing important dates / deadlines and useful tips for the semester.



Information / Resources by Department


Academic Tidbits Newsletter Promoting academic success and transition to UNI for first-year freshman.




Live in the residence halls? Don't forget about the Peer Academic Advisor in Residence as another resource for your academic planning and success!


First-Year Resources for Success




Useful University Resources


  • University of Northern Iowa Catalog

  • Undergraduate Plan of Study - Review the course requirements for majors and minors (teaching and non-teaching) as well as certificates available at UNI. Access your current degree audits and request a hypothetical degree audit. View major (4-year) plan of study templates. Find information about the Liberal Arts Core. Determine your potential GPA utilizing the GPA calculator

  • Peer Academic Advisors in Residence (PAIR) - Students working in your resdience hall to help you find information, make connections, and naviagate the university environment.

  • The Academic Learning Center (ITTC 007, 273-6023) - This office is home to free services to help you succeed in your courses. You can contact: the Math Center, Writing Center (provides free, individualized assistance in planning, writing, revising and documenting papers for all majors), tutorial services, and Reading and Learning Strategies courses.

  • Tutoring Services at UNI

  • Disability Services - The Office of Disability Services works with students and employees to ensure that all persons with disabilities have access to university activities, programs, and services.

  • Student Handbook - From the Office of the Dean of Students outlines information about expectations for student conduct and other policy matters affecting students including rights and responsibilities, student academic grievances, sales/solicitation on campus, student conduct policies, and law enforcement on campus.

  • Academic Integrity Policy at UNI - From Chapter 3: Student Policies of UNI Policies and Procedures. Students at the University of Northern Iowa are required to observe the commonly accepted standards of academic honesty and integrity. Except in those instances in which group work is specifically authorized by the instructor of the class, no work which is not solely the student's is to be submitted to a professor in the form of an examination paper, a term paper, class project, research project, or thesis project.


Colleges / Departments Participating in the Academic Advising Intake Model - Academic Year 2009 - 2010


College of Humanities & Fine Arts College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Other Programs
Communication Studies Criminology Deciding
  Geography Pre-Nursing
  History  
College of Natural Sciences Political Science  
Biology Psychology  
  Social Science Teaching